Hiob AD
Iron Skies

Hiob AD is the new project of musician and tattoo artist Oliver Lonien who has been heard drumming for bands like The Idiots, but he is a guy with many talents. He plays many instruments on this album that is the debut of this entity and it is called Iron Skies. It is an album that looks good, and it starts very good as well – the first impressions were certainly very exciting, but then…

Then we get something way less exciting. It is traditional rock music with a strong musk of the nineties, no real surprises. Singer has a rather typical voice, kind of pop rock type of voice that can be heard in many popular bands. Not that impressive are the vocals if I am honest. I would say the same thing about the production that I consider rather average. And there are more things that can be considered less than impressive like the more than an hour-long playing time and the lack of variation.

And it all starts so great with the great track Mary-Ann, but then it is downhill from there and I find that in the end I am very relieved that it is finally over and I can listen to something I like. It is not that the album is terrible or anything it is just the sense that you are waiting for it to really take off but it never does. I think it is the lack of pace and energy that makes the album feel rather dull, I think that is the problem with this album – it lacks excitement.

I don’t that there is a particularly strong track other than the opening one Mary-Ann, but on the other hand that one is really strong. In the end I think that this album just isn’t that great and I would not really recommend that you consider it for this year’s Christmas gifts.

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